This is encapsulates the state of the U.S. political climate:
Details: Liz Cheney at SRLC (Southern Republican Leadership Conference) 2010:
--Crowd cheers news of Netanyahu pull out of nuke summit.
Absorbed that for a minute.
The leaders - and these are the leaders, since they are the most dedicated and influential members of the Republican Party - of one of America's two political parties take pleasure in the fact that a country other than their own has decided not to participate in a conference hosted by their own country.
Why do we think these people are cheering? Let's think this out.
Either they are cheering because they believe more nukes are good nukes.
Or because they support the actions of a foreign government over their own.
Or they reflexively will be against anything that Barack Obama is for.
Or all of the above.
This is the state of one of America's political parties today.
Hmmmmm, what is that phrase we hear the Republicans call Democrats all the time?
Ah, yes: The Blame America First Crowd.
Once again, Republicans show their compulsion to project.